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The newly respectable Minister Farrakhan

The newly respectable Minister Farrakhan

An antisemitic, conspiracy-theorist cult leader has been given cover by people who should know better.

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Oct 23, 2020
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The debates are over for 2020. Thank God.

I’m concerned that expectations for Trump were so low that any improvement in his performance at all will help him. He was still terrible last night, but not as bad as he was during the first debate. Graded on a curve - and not counting the fact that almost every word out his mouth was a lie - he did better.

Biden also improved on his performance in the first debate, and it was nice to see some righteous anger from him, especially when Trump tried to deflect from over 500 children still separated from their parents after they crossed the border. I do think his answer about transitioning from the oil industry might hurt him with some voters, though.

Am I alone in thinking moderator Kristen Welker didn’t do a great job? So much for that mute button they were going to use this time around.

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